Wednesday, December 13, 2017

On Dec. 6, state Rep. Cord Byrd, R-Neptune Beach, proposed a measure that, if passed, would make it easier for felons who have served their time and paid their probationary fines to have their rights reinstated by petitioning a judge. Those rights include the ability to vote in elections...

In the midst of a scandal jolting the Florida Senate, Gov. Rick Scott on Wednesday ordered state agency heads to adopt a sexual harassment policy that requires training for workers and spells out procedures for reporting and investigating complaints. Scott issued an executive order detailing the steps agency heads...

Yang Yang, a 20-year-old male giant panda at Zoo Atlanta, has decided that the University of Central Florida will lose to Auburn in the 50th Anniversary Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl. What does this big dumb panda know about college football, you ask? Well, I'll have you know that Yang Yang completes his...

Bundled in hoodies, knit beanies and blankets to ward off a chilly blast, activists huddled in lawn chairs outside U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio's office Wednesday in downtown Orlando as they fasted for immigrant protections. Five activists have been on a hunger strike since Tuesday morning outside Rubio's office. Their nonviolent...

"When a composer dies, it’s not easy to estimate where his music will stand in an unknown future. But if the judgment of posterity is the true measure of the influence of any given composer, it didn’t take too long for Lou Harrison to be given his due," says Esteban...

Well, there it is. This morning Disney gave us a glimpse of the inside of the Millennium Falcon flight simulator ride coming to Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, and it does appear to be the same ship that made the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs. Just so you know, you'll...

THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND JD McPherson and Charley Crockett, The Social, Dec. 11 Of all the American roots neo-traditionalists, hotshot Okie JD McPherson is without a doubt one of this generation’s most distinctive. He’s retro, but he ain’t cute. There’s a big difference. Although he rocks the stuff your grandparents...

Singer-songwriter Joy Villa announced on Fox & Friends earlier today that she's launching an exploratory committee for a congressional bid in Florida. She added that although she will run as a political outsider, she plans to campaign as a member of the GOP. "I'm looking everywhere from Jacksonville all the way...

Florida Congresswoman Lois Frankel and more than 50 other Democratic congresswoman are now calling for an investigation into the 17-and-counting allegations of sexual misconduct by President Donald Trump. Frankel and 56 other members of the Democratic Women's Working Group sent a letter Monday to the Chairman of the House Committee...

State regulators Tuesday approved a controversial proposal by Florida Power & Light to collect at least $176.4 million from customers for a project dealing with a saltwater plume that moved from an FPL plant into nearby groundwater. Representatives of consumers and business and environmental groups fought the proposal, contending...